Sometimes Simply Surviving Counts…
Sometimes you simply survive long enough in life regardless of the subject, that later you realize you are the one who has travelled the road where others seek assistance . We’ve been a step family for over seven years, almost eight. The beginning of our life as a step family was… Continue reading
Post Holidays Wrap Up
The holidays seemed to be a jumble of dashed plans. Our children have a stepmom this year, so we are trying very hard to work with everyone’s family schedule. In years’ past we had split the children to go to their Dad’s by the 23rd or so and then… Continue reading
And one moves away…
Our oldest son, my stepson, has at twenty, decided to move to another state to be near his natural mother. This is a big step for him, it meant transferring his full time job, most likely not returning to college this spring, and changing his environment completely. A hundred… Continue reading
We All Do it Differently
The children just returned from Fall break with their new Stepmom and Dad. It was a good week for all. They hunted deer together, they attended a college football game, they gathered at their grandparents home…..they did life their way. The homes are very different but we all love the… Continue reading
Choosing Boundaries
Choosing boundaries…it is the name of the game with blended or step families. You have a reality of at least one other household in which your child spends time. Just as you cannot control what is served for dinner somewhere else, when your child visits his/her other parent you cannot… Continue reading
Back to School
The start of school is always an interesting time for a blended family. In some cases the children have just come off of four to six weeks in a different family environment. In our case that is true. Everything changes in August. They come home, they change grades, they have… Continue reading
The Berrys
